Sulky



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W. S. FRAZIER.

' SULKY. No. 253,276. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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WALTER S. FRAZIER, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nou 253,276, dated February 7, 1882.

Application filed July 2, 1881. (No model.) I l To all whom'tt 'may concern Be it known that I, VALTER S. FRAZIER, residing at Aurora,in the county of Kane and State ot' Illinois, and a citizen ofthe United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sulkies, of which the following is a full description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view; Fig. 2, a side elevation with the wheel B removed.

The object of this invention is to give the foot-rest bars a yielding or spring support at their rear ends upon the axle independently of the seat-supports; and its nature consists in providingaspring-support between the footrest bars and the axle, which spring or yielding support shall be independent of the seatsupports.

In the drawings, A indicates the axle; B B', the wheels; O, the shafts; D, the connectingbar of the'shafts; E, the foot-rest; F, the footrest supporting-bars; a, springs; b, pins or bolts for keeping the f'ootrest bars or springs in position.

The axle A, wheels B B, and shafts O may be made in any of the usual and well-known forms. As shown, the bars F are pivoted to the cross-bar D; but they may be connected directly to the shafts by clips or other suitable means, and they are curved or carried downplaces.' The'central pin, b, passes up through` the spring and through the bars F, as shown, to keep the bars and springs in position. In

some of the forms ot' springs which may be used such central pin would not be required.

A seat of' the form shown or of other suitable form is to be used in connection -with this foot-rest; but the form or manner ot' supporting` the seat from the shafts or cross'bar D, or partly from both,is not material, and the seat may also be wholly or partly supported by separate springs connected with the axle.

What I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, isv The bars F, in combination with the springs a and axle A, substantially as specified.

'VALTER S. FRAZIER.

Witnesses:

B. A. PRICE, ALBERT H. ADAMS. 

